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13 Oct 2009, 8:31 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack "launched the start of National School Lunch Week by highlighting efforts to improve school nutrition, combat childhood obesity, and encourage healthy lifestyles through USDA's Healthier US School Challenge. [read post]
12 Oct 2009, 7:04 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the launching of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 12:26 pm
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk maintained the position, ""We believe that our implementation of COOL provides information to consumers in a manner consistent with our WTO commitments,' they said in a joint statement. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 10:11 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is saying in the aftermath of a tough New York Times story about hamburger E. coli that federal regulators are working hard to reduce the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 and that public health -- not meat industry profits -- is the government's top priority. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 7:18 pm
On Monday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a statement in response to the New York Times article. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 5:39 pm
Last week, we featured a post by Tom Kane with common mistakes lawyers make. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 3:09 pm
The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary United States Department of Agriculture Room 200-A, Jamie L. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 1:02 pm
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that funds made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will go towards inmproving water infrastructure in 17 states. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 8:01 am
Tom Harkin’s Safer Meat, Poultry and Foods Act of 2002. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 6:39 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack vacated Washington DC today to give a speech at the University of Minnesota. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 12:47 pm
"'For his part, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack issued this statement, ‘"USDA is committed to working with our partners to ensure that Americans have access to safe, healthy, and nutritious food. . . [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 9:22 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA will be providing $9.8 million "in grants to repair rural housing and make energy efficiency improvements in 48 states and Puerto Rico. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 5:51 am
., said she was requesting an urgent meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss the matter and promised to object to any vote on a larger agriculture bill before she met with Vilsack. [read post]
30 Sep 2009, 10:15 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $2.4 billion in electric loans will be invested in improving rural infrastructure with the potential beneficiaries being 113,000 rural customers in 33 states.The loans will go to 58 rural utilities and cooperatives. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 2:46 am
For their part, "The Agriculture Department has acknowledged problems in the past, and Secretary Tom Vilsack has stressed his commitment to improving diversity and equal opportunity in the agency, USDA spokesman Justin DeJong said. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 7:21 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced "a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin" through the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 1:21 pm
-Wis.) to scrutinize antitrust enforcement in the dairy industry.Senator Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations panel and Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, on September 15 sent letters to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General Varney, asking them to look into the consolidation of milk processors and anticompetitive practices in agriculture. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 12:27 pm
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA is providing $62.5 million for renewable energy and energy efficiency loans and grants. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 3:00 am
The GAO also recommended that the Secretary of Agriculture direct FNS to improve direct communication between the service and the schools about holds and recalls.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responded to the audit in a written statement in which he emphasized the importance of safety in school meals and said the department is working on a system to get advance warning from FDA on any foodborne illness investigations. [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 5:58 am
" Such alerts took more than a week to reach schools.USA Today is reporting that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responded by written statement ensuring the public that the safety of school meals is of "utmost importance" and that the USDA is developing a system to get advanced notices when FDA is investigating food safety issues that could lead to recalls.To read more from USA Today, click here.To read a summary of the GAO Report School Meal Programs: Changes to… [read post]
